December 2010
“Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the Kingdom of...”
– How to Be a Father by Charles Mudede - Features - The Stranger, Seattle’s Only Newspaper
“Do unto others…” is a good rule of thumb. I live by that. Forgiveness is...”
– A Holiday Message from Ricky Gervais: Why I’m An Atheist - Speakeasy - WSJ
Ben Lansky: conversational rules of thumb →
benlansky:
1. If you’ve been talking for more than a minute, you’ve been talking for too long. Stop talking and wait for cues that people want you to continue.
2. If people are interested and want you to keep talking, they will ask you questions. Answer their questions, but not for more than a minute at a time. It’s good to speak up when you have something interesting to contribute, but don’t...
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Cat eye fo’ dayssss.
“If you see a cute guy, stop and think, is he cute, or is he cute because I’m...”
– A P O C A L Y P S T I C K — By Almie Rose
36 Hours in Paris - NYTimes.com →
“Instead of sitting in church, feeling uncomfortable and vaguely dishonest, I can...”
– The joy of celebrating a godless Christmas. - By Torie Bosch - Slate Magazine
Knowledge by example →
bobulate:
The Economist’s “Prospero” interviews Oliver Sacks about face-blindness (a condition he is affected by) and writing about experience:
You write about conditions that are familiar but also very foreign, which many people have not experienced. Can one ever really know the experience of someone else through description? I sort of sit in the middle here. I think I quite like Bertrand...
“Xiaolongbao, like pizza, is one of those divisive foods that’s almost too...”
– Please Calm Down by Lindy West - Food & Drink - The Stranger, Seattle’s Only Newspaper
“Wir haben es nicht gewusst” — we knew nothing — he said, using a phrase...”
– Dutch Panel Found 2,000 Church Abuse Claims - NYTimes.com
As if Mass wasn’t soul-crushingly boring enough, I think this sentence pretty much cements Catholicism as the worst religion ever.
